Football Queensland South Coast

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Not to be confused with Football South Coast, a football governing body in New South Wales.

Football Queensland South Coast
Formation1 October 1975; 49 years ago (1 October 1975) as Gold Coast and District Soccer Association
HeadquartersMudgeeraba, Gold Coast[1]
Location
Zone manager
Alan Marquez[2]
Main organ
Football Australia
Football Queensland
WebsiteOfficial website
Formerly called
See antecedent bodies

Football Queensland South Coast is a Football Queensland administrative zone encompassing the Gold Coast and surrounding areas in South-East Queensland and North-East New South Wales, including Kingscliff, Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah and Beaudesert. The premier men's football competition is the Football Queensland Premier League 3 − South Coast and the premier women's football competition is the Football Queensland Women's Premier League 3 − South Coast. The administrative zone also has a numerous variety of lower divisions for both men and women, as well as academy and junior competitions to develop soccer and fitness within the region.[3]

The zone is a culmination of antecedent bodies initiating in 1975 as the Gold Coast and District Soccer Association, it has been recognised under various names since.[4] In 2021, as part of Football Queensland reforms, the zone would be known as Football Queensland South Coast.[3] The region has a variety of clubs playing in state competitions. Many of the smaller clubs located within the region act as 'feeder' clubs for those in higher divisions, most notably with NPL Queensland sides Gold Coast United and Gold Coast Knights taking in the South Coast's best footballers. The zone previously encompassed A-League Men side (known at the time as A-League) Gold Coast United. However, the club was omitted from the competition in 2012 following club financial issues.[5]

  1. ^ "South Coast – About". Football South Coast. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Office Staff". Football Queensland. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  3. ^ a b "FQ Declaration of Leagues in the 2022 SEQ Conference". Football Queensland. 16 November 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference :2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Gold Coast United omitted from A-League". ABC News. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2021.